Bärbel Lange-Sperandio

From prematurity and low birth weight to CKD: opportunities for intervention.

Preterm birth (<37 completed gestational weeks), low birth weight (<2500g) and small for gestational age (SGA, birth weight <10th percentile for gestational age) are interrelated neonatal phenotypes that adversely affect lifelong kidney health. They have been grouped under the term small vulnerable newborn (SVN). Being...